Life
Like a knife in the back!
In the 1990s I was product manager of an innovative electronic publishing solution, way ahead of its time. It’s part of what makes me a great coach.
Life
Book launch! Launch party!
It’s book launch week! Tuesday, July 15th is the official publication date of Take Your Time Before Time Takes You (How to Make the Most of Every Day). It’s my eighth book as author or editor, not counting the multiple anthologies and periodicals that have published my stories, articles, and Read more
Life
How to quiet your high achiever guilt
Nearly every high achiever thinks they’re not getting enough done. That’s because every time they accomplish something worthwhile, that success comes at the expense of some other worthwhile thing. When you have 15 important things to do and enough time to do just 13 of them, the two that get Read more
Life
Take your time before time takes you
On Saturday, I accompanied my parents as they planted fresh geraniums at the graves of relatives. As I walked among the headstones, some of which were over 200 years old, I contemplated Americans’ complicated relationship with death. Living people spend a lot of time, money, energy, and emotion doing things Read more
Life
Say yes to yourself to achieve extreme balance
Extreme balance is how one of my hyper-achiever clients went from over-scheduled to a healthy, injury-free routine.
Courage
Leading with purpose—podcast interview
Leading with purpose is a key topic in Peter’s podcast appearance on the Beyond Your Why podcast. Listen here.
Life
Finding Fulfillment
Finding fulfillment isn’t about discovering the perfect formula; it’s about knowing how and when to adjust the dials.
Courage
Death really gets in the way of living
The only thing better than seeing a local stand-up comedy show about grief and death is when your partner takes you to see it on Valentine’s Day. Yes, that was the date she took me on last Friday. The comedy was better than I expected. But I’m not here to Read more
Decisions
Create an action plan because intention has a half-life
You always need an action plan because intention and inspiration have a half-life. An intention means nothing if you don’t follow through on it. An action plan is how you follow through. On Sunday, I helped the attendees at the San Francisco Writers Conference create their action plan after four Read more
Life
Unconventional or uninformed?
I was called unconventional recently, but it raised some self-doubt I had to overcome. Thoughts on authority and individuality.